The phrase "grassroots autonomy" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the ability of a community or group of individuals to make decisions and govern themselves from the bottom-up rather than being controlled by a higher authority. Example: "The success of the community garden was due to its emphasis on grassroots autonomy, allowing each member to have a say in how the space was run and maintained."
The Lib Dems who have around 5,000 local councillors and a strong grassroots activist base, will support greater local autonomy, and will expect rapid and meaningful reform: they will be disappointed if devolution does not materialise, or if the promised review of local government finance (the third in the last six years) is, like its predecessors, shelved and ignored.
"Tonight is a victory for the grassroots.
"There needs to be a greater focus on local politics that encourages grassroots movements and greater regional autonomy," said Sheffield Hallam politics student Cat Cutmore, in an opening address to the room.
Whether the Conservative party can boost the position of its remaining women MPs and persuade local associations to select lots more before next year, while simultaneously reinvigorating its base by granting the grassroots more power and increased autonomy, is doubtful.
The growing trend towards commercializing marches into parades with events receiving corporate sponsorship has caused concern about taking away the autonomy of the original grassroots demonstrations that put inexpensive activism in the hands of individuals.
One case presents a grassroots framing emphasising social and political empowerment, rooted in community self-sufficiency, autonomy and traditional belief systems.
Whereas secession can be perverted as a clandestine attempt to impose authoritarian rule on a homegrown level, autonomy as a political concept is more often associated with grassroots governance, local production, self-sufficiency, and the celebration of diversity.
Whoever flirts with the "autonomy of the political" will end up thinking that the development of grassroots democracy is secondary.
These public testimonies, and other surrounding activities, are part of a fragile but burgeoning grassroots peace movement in the DRC--a movement that exists to stop the violence and restore individual and national autonomy.
